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Spring 2011

Getting Funded in the Digital Humanities

LTS is hosting an interactive videoconference workshop being offered by The National Endowment for the Humanities, entitled Getting Funded in the Digital Humanities.

From the NEH description: "This session will provide an inside look at the unique funding opportunities within the NEH Office of Digital Humanities and provide potential applicants with information to help them navigate, apply for and get funding in the Digital Humanities." (More details below.)

Date: March 1, 2011 10:00am - 11:30am
Place: EWFM Media Center Room 370D

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to grr3 at lehigh.edu

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"Engaging Afghanistan"

A Documentary film created by the students in Nandini Deo's Political Science 295 Afghanistan, with help from the Lehigh Lab's Documentary Resource Team and TRAC Writing Fellows Program .

March 15, 2011 in Maginnes 102
3:50 pm: Screening
4:40pm: Discussion with Film-makers

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Symposium on Teaching and Learning

On Thursday, November 18th 2010, the Office of Faculty Development, the Lehigh Lab, and LTS will once again host a Symposium on Teaching and Learning .

This year, in lieu of a keynote, we're trying something new: a 'Lightning Round' during which 10-15 presenters very briefly (2-5 minutes) discuss some teaching-related success, large or small, that they would like to share with the broader Lehigh community.

If you have a brief story you would like to share please follow this link and complete a very short online form: http://tinyurl.com/SymposiumProposal (Deadline: Monday, November 8th)

If you would like to attend the Symposium but do not wish to submit a proposal, please follow this link and complete a brief registration form to let us know you're coming:http://tinyurl.com/TeachingLearningSymposium (Deadline: Monday, November 15th)

More details:

The goal of the Symposium is to highlight new, interesting, and effective approaches to teaching and learning at Lehigh. We hope to disseminate good ideas, inspire others to try new approaches, and recognize the work of those who have discovered or implemented successful teaching practices.

1) "Table Talk" 2:30-4:00 in Bayer Galleria (Linderman Library 3rd floor). Stroll around Bayer Galleria and chat with various presenters about innovative technologies and pedagogies being used in classes across Lehigh.

2) "Lightning Round" 4:10-5:30 Scheler Humanities Forum (Linderman 200). 10-15 presenters will very briefly (2-5 minutes) discuss a teaching-related success, large or small, that they would like to share with colleagues.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM

This fall, a small group of Lehigh faculty will have an opportunity to participate in a faculty seminar focused on Social Justice and Diversity in the Classroom. The purpose of this seminar is to support faculty who are interested in learning more about teaching courses that promote student understanding of social justice and diversity. If you are considering making a curricular change, testing out a new pedagogy, or discussing ways to approach sensitive topics or situations in your classroom, and would like to do seminar will create an opportunity for you to do so together with your peers.

**Applications are no loger being accepted**

 

 

"Course Site (an alternative to Blackboard)"

September 17th noon -1:00
EWFM 625
Various faculty from across the four colleges are using Lehigh's new Course Site (powered by Moodle instead of Blackboard) as their course website in part of a pilot test this semester. If you are interested in learning more about how Lehigh faculty are using Moodle in their teaching, come join us for lunch and a discussion about this new option for Lehigh Faculty and hear the results of our ongoing pilot with this tool. RSVP

"Flattening the Classroom: Building Collaborative Learning Environments"

Sept 23 & 24th, 12pm - 5:30
Learn about tools and approaches that can help your students collaborateEDUCAUSE conference , offered from noon to 5:30 on 9/23 and 9/24. "Net Gen students are active and prolific participants in flat-world phenomena in their personal lives: posting updates to Facebook friends scattered around the globe, playing online games with teams crossing international time zones, and collaborating on digital works bearing the imprint of multiple contributors. At the same time, the global economy demands students who can think creatively, build collectively, and adapt willingly to change. Are we fostering those skills in the classroom? In this discussion, we’ll explore an approach to learning that engages students in the active construction of collective knowledge, empowering them to build meaning together, and challenging them to examine issues from multiple perspectives."
RSVP

“TRAC Writing Fellows and Faculty Reflect on the 2008-09 Pilot Partnership.”

Time: 4:00pm Tuesday, September 29th
Place: Linderman Library, room 200

This panel presentation will be a great opportunity to learn about how the TRAC Program works and to hear how about the effect this program is having on student writing at Lehigh. Refreshments will be provided. No need to RSVP, just come if you can. Co-sponsored by Faculty Development, The Lehigh Lab, and Friends of the Libraries

THE PANEL
Ben Wright, Chair, Religion Studies
Lisa Getzler-Linn, Associate Director of Integrated Product Development (IPD) Program
Janice Mattern, International Relations
Nicole Bayard, Senior English major
CJ Berzin, Senior Economics and Finance double major (and Martindale Scholar)
Alex Kubo, Senior Mechanical Engineering major (and Martindale Scholar)
Allison Prosswimmer, Senior History major (and Martindale Scholar)

"Second Life Grand Opening"

October 22, 2009, 12-1:30 pm
EWFM Media Center Classroom 379

Join us for lunch and a discussion about the Lehigh Island in Second Life. We'll offer a brief tour of the island, hear from faculty, staff and students about some of the ways it's being used and discuss plans for the future.
RSVP

Clickers at Lehigh: A Panel Discussion

November 6th, 2009
EWFM Media Center Classroom 379

Join us for lunch and a discussion of current developments in the use of audience response systems ("clickers") at Lehigh. Bring ideas and questions about using clickers in classes that you are planning to teach or just come learn about how others are using this tool to facilitate interaction and collaboration in classrooms on our campus.

RSVP

Lehigh Lab Symposium on Teaching & Learning

November 19th
Linderman Library
This symposium will highlight various ways Lehigh faculty are using innovative methods, technologies, and media in their teaching. Poster presentations by various faculty and staff, plus keynote presentation and hands-on workshops.
RSVP

 

Events for Spring 2009

“Stepping into Science” (“Stepping into Virtual Worlds” Series)
January 30th, 2009 11 - 4:45 p.m.
EWFM Media Center Classroom

Using virtual worlds to teach and promote a love of science is the topic of the next installment of the popular “Stepping into Virtual Worlds” conference series, to be offered in the virtual world of Second Life.  Hundreds of people have attended this series, which began with “Stepping into History” in June and has included conferences focusing on literature and on healthcare.  The series is sponsored by Alliance Library System and LearningTimes.  The day-long conference is open to the public, with more information available at www.steppingintovirtualworlds.org <http://www.steppingintovirtualworlds.org/>.

"Emerging Interactive Media and Neomillennial Learning Styles: Implications for Higher Education"
Thursday, Feb 12 in Linderman 200 at 4:30 pm.
Faculty Lunch with Chris Dede at noon

Web 2.0 interactive media are shaping users' motivations, attributes, and social patterns into types of learning styles quite different than those based on sensory, personality, or intelligence factors. "Neomillennial" students seek learning situations that interweave face-to-face interactions with shared virtual-community experiences across distance and time. This session will demonstrate examples of middle school game-like immersive simulations and will discuss implications of students' neomillennial learning styles for higher education. (Sponsored by College of Education)

"Junctions: Disability Services, a Learning Center, and Universal Design Working Together to Enhance Student Learning "
Arlene Stewart, Clemson University Elaine Richardson, Clemson University
March 19, 2009     3 PM-4:30 PM

This session will present ideas on the integration of  Disability Services’ activities with a general campus learning and how to partner to develop the idea of universal design across campus. The session will also demonstrate a model for using undergraduate research to further the universal design concept. (Sponsored by the Office of Disability Services; Co-promoted by Faculty Development)

"Exploring Second Life Basics for Educators: Webcast"
Thursday, March 20, 2008
1:00 – 3:00
Location Rauch 85

Join us for this online presentation by Academic Impressions to build a foundation for further exploration of virtual worlds. You will gain a broad understanding of the educational potential of Second Life and be offered a streamlined approach for gaining sufficient mastery of virtual worlds to begin designing effective learning experiences.

HPC (High-Performance Computing) Day at Lehigh

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 various events all day. 8:30-4:45
Keynote Address 1:10pm - 2:20pm, RBC 85

"Recent Advancements Implementing High Resolution Earth Systems Models on Massively Parallel Computers"
Dr. Richard Loft
Director of Technology Development, Office of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

For more information and to register, visit http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday/2009/

"Biomapping by Christian Nold: Bethlehem Biopsy,"
Friday, April 17 from
7-9 p.m. at the Banana Factory.

Christian Nold, Visiting Artist, has been enlisting members of the local and Lehigh communities to register their experiences and feelings toward Bethlehem using bio and emotional mapping techniques. He will present his findings thus far to the community. (Nold's visit is co-sponsored by ArtsLehigh, the Southside Initiative, and Faculty Development, )

The Banana Factory is located at 25 W. 3rd Street in Bethlehem. More
information at http://www.bethlehembiopsy.net.

Using Technology to Make Course Material more Accessible
Friday, April 17th, 2009, noon to 1:30
EWFM Room 379

Interested in learning more about how Lehigh faculty are using technology to make course material more accessible to more of their students? Come join us for a discussion about web-based teaching approaches that students have identified as particularly helpful. Panelists: Sibil Pamukcu (RCEAS-Civil and Environmental Engineering), Rebecca Miller (CAS-Chemistry), and Steve Buell
(CBE-Finance).

"Bringing the Southside into the Classroom (and vice versa)"
April 21st noon
EWFM Room 379

Thinking about teaching a course that fosters collaboration between Lehigh and Bethlehem? Hoping to learn more about the Southside Initiative and other ways Lehigh faculty and staff are connecting students to their local communities? Want to find out how you can partner with other faculty, students, and staff in this effort?

"Walk the Walk/Talk the Talk" Documentary Video Workshop Series

ArtsLehigh, South Side Initiative, and Library and Technology Services are pleased to partner with the SouthSide Film Institute in offering two workshops.

Participants are encouraged to register for both workshops. One or both workshops are provided free of charge to Lehigh faculty. For those not employed at Lehigh University, the fee is $350 for both workshops or $250 for either part.

“Walk the Walk”: Part I: Documentary Video Workshop
June 14th through June 17th

In this immersive workshop, participants will explore different documentary genres and discuss community collaboration, ethics, and copyright. In preparation for production, you will be introduced to camera, lighting, and sound techniques after which you will work with a teammate to direct, shoot, and edit and short documentary about Bethlehem’s south side. Your completed documentaries will premier during the SouthSide Film Festival. Attendees will also have the opportunity to view documentary films at the SouthSide Film Festival and participate in discussion with filmmakers about the documentary process.

Cameras, microphones, tripods, headphones, computers and editing software are provided. No previous experience is necessary, but a certain level of comfort with technology is a real plus. A commitment to a full eight-hour day is a must. Participants should bring two mini DV tapes. Workshop instruction is provided by Library and Technology’s Julia Maserjian, Elia Schoomer, Allen Kingsbury, and Jarret Brown.

“Talk the Talk”: PART II: Experiments with Reality Workshop
June 18th through June 21st

You are a storyteller; an innovator. You have just made a documentary video or have a story from real life that you are dying to shoot, but talking heads or observational camera shots aren't the visual tone you're looking for. You're thinking edgy, abstract, poetic. Take the next step in learning how to make your film tell a compelling story. No special equipment is required for this workshop, other than an open mind and a desire to learn. This workshop will familiarize you with different experimental styles that have found their way into cutting edge documentary filmmaking. This workshop is taught by Shanti Thakur, an award winning documentary, narrative, and experimental filmmaker.

Events for Fall 2008

New Faculty Orientation
August 18th and 19th, 2009

A two-day orientation for new faculty to meet one another and become familiar with various offices here to support them. The orientation included sessions on teaching and learning at Lehigh, opportunities to meet the University Mentors, and sessions run by the Dean of Students Office, the Provost’s Office, the Office of Research, Library and Technology Services, and each of the four colleges.

Teaching for Engagement
Wednesday, September 10th from 4:30-6:00pm
Asa Packer Room (light refreshments will be provided).   

Paul Loeb, an author, lecturer and associated scholar at Seattle’s Center for Ethical Leadership, will visit Lehigh for two days to spark conversation about increasing social engagement among this generation of college students. Loeb gets beyond prevailing media stereotypes to understand the struggle of students to find their place in a confusing world. He looks at how ordinary citizens, of all ages, learn to take committed stands. He talks of how people get involved in larger community issues and what stops them from getting involved; how they burn out in exhaustion or maintain commitment for the long haul; how civic involvement can give a sense of connection and purpose rare in purely personal life. He explores how students and citizens in general can gain the moral, political, and intellectual tools to take responsibility for the future.

Using Student Video Projects in the Classroom: A conversation about course-related student video projects
Thursday, Oct 30, 2008
12:00 – 2:00
EWFM Media Center Room 379

Description: An increasing number of faculty at Lehigh are developing courses and assignments in which students create video projects such as digital video essays, documentaries, shorts, digital stories, viral videos, etc.  LTS has excellent resources to support such projects and LTS staff work closely with faculty to offer production expertise, to help teach students, to assist with course development, etc.   Come hear what others are doing and discuss how video projects might figure into the classes you teach.

"Lehigh Life in Second Life: What's it All About?"
Speaker: Greg Reihman (Director of Faculty Development/Co-director of the Lehigh Lab)
Thursday November 12, 2008 12 noon-1pm
Linderman Library, Room 200
Snacks and Refreshments will be provided.  No RSVP necessary.

Description: Second Life is a popular Internet-based virtual world with social networking and "Metaverse" aspects that create new opportunities for innovative teaching and learning.  Find out what's planned for Lehigh University's new Island in Second Life. (Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries, the Office of Faculty Development and the Lehigh Lab.)

Teaching, Learning and Technology Symposium
November 20th 10:30-3:00
Linderman Library

This symposium highlights various innovative ways Lehigh faculty are using instructional technology and media in their teaching. Presenter: Poster presentations by various faculty and staff, plus keynote presentation by Greg Reihman and Natalie Foster on "Innovations in Teaching and Learning"

 

Events for Spring 2008

"A Soldier's Heart": Elizabeth Samet on Teaching at West Point
February 7, 2008 at 4pm
Linderman 200

Please join us for a talk by Elizabeth Samet on her experiences as a professor at West Point. Samet is the author of Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature through Peace and War at West Point. If you love literature and value a liberal education, you'll want to hear her. If you're curious about what goes on in today's elite military academies, you'll want to hear her. She really demonstrates how literature can broaden and deepen one's appreciation of moral strength in the midst of ambiguity and pressure. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Lehigh Libraries, the Office of Faculty Development, the English Department and the Humanities Center.

Successful Writing Fellows Programs
March 13, 2008
Linderman 200
12 noon and 4pm

Rhoda Flaxman, who served for twenty years as Director of the nationally recognized Writing Fellows Program at Brown University will share her experience in managing a highly successful and long-standing peer-tutoring initiative. She will also field questions about the benefits and challenges of Writing Fellows programs for faculty, students, and university communities at large.

Exploring Second Life Basics for Educators: Webcast
Thursday, March 20, 2008
1:00 – 3:00
Location Rauch 85

Join us for this online presentation by Academic Impressions to build a foundation for further exploration of virtual worlds. You will gain a broad understanding of the educational potential of Second Life and be offered a streamlined approach for gaining sufficient mastery of virtual worlds to begin designing effective learning experiences.

HPC (High-Performance Computing) Day at Lehigh

Friday, April 4th, 2008 various events all day. 8:30-4:30
Keynote Address 1:10pm - 2:15pm, RBC 91

"Petascale Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Evolutionary Histories"
David A. Bader, Executive Director of High-Performance Computing, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

For more information and to register, visit http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday/2008/

Global Citizenship Faculty Lunch
Date: April 22, 2008
Time: 12:10 – 1:00 pm
Location: UC 303

The purpose of this lunch is to update you on the program’s past and current events, talk to you about the progress and success of our students, and look for your feedback and support as we move forward – most importantly with the Global Citizenship Senior Capstone Project. (Cosponsored by Faculty Development and Global Citizenship Program)

Mapping Bethlehem
May 9 2008
Maginess 102
12 noon

Please join the Digital Scholarship Center and guest lecturer, Anne K. Knowles, Associate Professor of Geography at Middlebury College, for a discussion on trends in historical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the launch of the Beyond Steel: An Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture mapping project of early 20th-century Bethlehem residents and businesses.

Meet with Dr. Jan Cohen-Cruz, Director of "Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life."
Friday - June 13 at 3 PM, Sinclair Auditorium
RSVP at 610-758-5775 or email inartleh@lehigh.edu

"Imagining America is a national consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design." - http://www.imaginingamerica.org/index.html

Dr. Cohen-Cruz will be speaking on the Tenure Team Initiative Report which seeks to develop a broad understanding of the university's public mission and its impact on changing scholarly and creative practices in the cultural disciplines. The group will craft appropriate evaluation criteria to serve as models for faculty and administrators seeking to more fully support public scholarship at their institutions.The final Tenure Initiative report (60 p) can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.imaginingamerica.org/TTI/TTI_FINAL.pdf

Events for Fall 2007

1. NEW FACULTY ORIENTATIONAug 24-25,  Maginnes 101 A two-day orientation for new faculty to meet one another and become familiar with various offices here to support them. The orientation included sessions on teaching and learning at Lehigh, opportunities to meet the University Mentors, and sessions run by the Dean of Students Office, the Provost’s Office, the Office of Research, Library and Technology Services, and each of the four colleges.
2. WAC WORKSHOP with Joe Harris and Cary Moskovitz (Duke University): “Writing Projects for Undergrads in Engineering and the Sciences” Sept 20 This workshop focuses on developing writing assignments that enhance the learning of course content while students also practice and improve the skills of writing like scientists and engineers.
3. WAC WORKSHOP with Joe Harris and Cary Moskovitz (Duke University): “Writing Feedback in the Sciences and Engineering” Sept 20 Time-saving strategies for effective feedback that actually helps improve discipline-specific student writing in engineering and the sciences
4. WAC WORKSHOP with Joe Harris and Cary Moskovitz (Duke University) “Sponsoring Writing in the Undergraduate Curriculum at Lehigh.” Sept 20 Promoting writing and the undergraduate education with a special focus on the advantages of writing in the disciplines.
5. WAC WORKSHOP with Joe Harris and Cary Moskovitz (Duke University) “Supporting Senior Capstone Courses” Sept 21 A results-oriented approach to guiding students to producing clear, cogent, and correctly formatted capstone proposals, reports, and papers.
6. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: “Presenting in the Classroom. Oct 4, 10:30-12:00. Rauch 85 How do teachers present themselves in the classroom? What are the most effective ways to present material? How does one best set the tone for instruction? Presenters: Rick Vinci (RCEAS-Materials Science) & Robert Kuchta (CBE-Marketing)
7. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: “Models of Learning” Oct 18, 10:30-12:00. Rauch 85 What are the different ways students learn? How can one teach more effectively by understanding how students acquire, process, and retain information? Presenter: Lynn Columba-Piervallo (COE-Teaching, Learning, and Technology
8. LEHIGH LAB FORUM:“Introducing "Beyond Steel" Digital Archive”Oct 24, 12:00-1:30. Linderman Library Room 200 Lehigh History professor John Kenley Smith has provided the primary scholarly guidance for the newest library digital site, Beyond Steel: An Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture. Smith will use the site's digitized letters, books, photographs, and oral histories to illustrate how this new resource can illuminate researchers' understanding of the area's industrial boom in the mid 19th century and the later decline of heavy industry. Visit the site at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu Co-sponsored with the Friends of the Lehigh Libraries.
9. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: “South Mountain College Faculty Development Seminar” Oct 29, 4:00-6:00. CAS Deans Conference Room
10. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: “Engaging Students” Nov 1, 10:30-12:00. Rauch 85 How do effective faculty engage and inspire students? How do they ensure content mastery and promote higher-order thinking? Presenters: Gary Deleo (CAS-Physics) & Ziad Munson (CAS-Sociology)
11. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: “South Mountain College Faculty Development Seminar” Nov 5, 4:00-6:00. CAS Deans Conference Room
12. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: “South Mountain College Faculty Development Seminar” Nov 12, 4:00-6:00. CAS Deans Conference Room
13. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: “Classroom Management and Organization” Nov 15, 10:30-12:00. Rauch 85 How does an effective teacher manage a classroom, motivate students, and deal with difficult classroom situations? Presenter: Greg Reihman (Faculty Development/CAS-Philosophy
14. LEHIGH LAB FORUM:“Report on Technology and Teaching at Lehigh”Nov 16, 12:00-1:30. Sinclair AuditoriumThis Forum will have two parts:
    (1) A report by Greg Reihman on "Technology Support for Lehigh's Learning-Centered Mission," including an overview of the "Teaching, Learning, Technology Survey" conducted at Lehigh in Spring 2007.
    (2) An opportunity for you to discuss and ask questions about this self-study report and survey.
    This forum, and the document on which it is based, grow out of work done by a subcommittee comprising faculty representatives from all four colleges, students (a graduate and an undergraduate), and staff representatives from LTS and student affairs. The subcommittee-- co-chaired by Bruce Taggart, Ed Gallagher and Greg Reihman--has worked over the past 18 months to better understand how technology is being used in teaching and learning at Lehigh, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current model for supporting such uses, and to offer specific recommendations for how Lehigh might become even more effective at using technology to support learning.
15. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: “South Mountain College Faculty Development Seminar” Nov 19, 4:00-6:00. CAS Deans Conference Room
16. LEHIGH LAB FORUM:“Symposium on Teaching and Learning” Nov 29, 10:30-3:00. Linderman Library, Bayer Galleria The purpose of this Symposium is to highlight new, interesting, and effective approaches to teaching and learning at Lehigh. We hope to disseminate good ideas, inspire others to try new approaches, and recognize the work of those who have made successful changes to their teaching. This event will also be an opportunity to showcase the work of outgoing Lehigh Lab Faculty Fellow Ed Gallagher's work as Fellow and mark the transition to our new Faculty Fellow, Natalie Foster.
17. MENTORING EVENT: “Mentoring for Associate Professors”Nov 29, 4:00 The purpose of the meeting is to find out issues related to faculty development and mentoring that are relevant to recently promoted associate professors and to get an idea of your needs and suggestions. This will help us design future programs/events
18. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: “South Mountain College Faculty Development Seminar Dec 3, 4:00-6:00. CAS Deans Conference Room
19. WAC WORKSHOP: “Getting the Most of the Research Paper”Structuring research projects that are meaningful to students by helping them generate real, manageable questions and then work through the stages of the research and writing process; promotes meaningful, appropriate, and ethical use of sources
20. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: “Teacher Development Workshop" Dec 6, 10:30-12:00 How can we design classes, pose questions, present material and design assignments so that students learn more deeply and retain what they've learned? Greg Reihman (Faculty Development/CAS-Philosophy)
21. WAC WORKSHOP: “USING WRITE-TO-LEARN ASSIGNMENTS" Dec 6 Using shorter, informal, easy-to-grade writing assignments to facilitate learning and/or to lead to major formal writing projects
22. WAC WORKSHOP: “EFFECTIVE USE OF COLLABORATIVE STUDENT PEER ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE WRITING” Dec 11 Collaborative and peer response activities are effective as meaningful learning opportunities for students. They are also great time-savers for faculty.
23. WAC WORKSHOP: “EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK” Dec 13 Strategies that get results and save time.
    
    

Events for Spring 2007    [Click here for a printable pdf version]

Villainy Detected! A New Digital Library Project

Wed Feb 7, 12-1:30 Sinclair Aud

Come hear Faculty and Digital Library staff introduce Lehigh's newest Digital Library Project, "Villainy Detected!" The materials on this site illustrate eighteenth and nineteenth century crime and punishment practices in America and Britain. On both sides of the Atlantic, prison and judicial reform was debated while writers analyzed and sensationalized the criminal. This site presents a number of these writings, along with the reflections of Lehigh University scholars. Visit the site at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/crime. Hosted by the Friends of the Lehigh Libraries. Refreshments will be provided.

WAC Workshop 1: Writing with Clarity

Wed Feb 21, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center. Lunch will be provided
or
Thu, Feb 22 4:10-5:30. EWFM Media Center. Refreshments provided

Is there a secret to writing clear sentences? Yes. This workshop will cover some easy concepts of writing that help with clarity and concision at the sentence level. The concepts we’ll discuss are important for our students—and helpful for ourselves. RSVP required.

WAC Workshop 2: Crafting Effective Assignments

Wed Mar 14, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center. Lunch will be provided
or
Thu, Mar 15, 4:10-5:30. EWFM Media Center. Refreshments provided.

Open to everyone, this workshop may be of special interest to faculty teaching Writing Intensive courses in the spring. We’ll take up some of the central concerns that arise in the WI course, with a special focus on the importance of a purposeful and coherent sequence of well-crafted assignments. RSVP required

Open CourseWare: MERLOT, MIT, and More

Thurs Mar 15 12-1:30 Location Maginnes 101

Many university faculty are making their course materials freely available for others to use. (See MERLOT and MIT's OpenCourseWare for examples.) Come learn about these resources and discuss ways you can benefit from or contribute to these projects. Lunch will be provided - RSVP required

WAC Workshop 3:The Student Peer Workshop

Wed Mar 21, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center. Lunch will be provided.
or
Thu, Mar 22, 4:10-5:30. EWFM Media Center. Refreshments provided.

From generating ideas and composing first drafts to multiple revision and editing, this workshop will discuss using the student peer workshop to achieve two goals at once: improve student writing and saving your time in the process. RSVP required.

Educational Uses of Gaming: 'Second Life' and 'Close Combat'

Fri Mar 23, 12-1:30 Location: Coppee 101

The MacArthur Foundaton recently launched a $50M, five year study into how digital technologies are changing the way students learn. The Serious Games Initiative is exploring this question by studying how computer games can enhance education. Here at Lehigh, Faculty are testing the waters. Come hear Greg Reihman (Philosophy), John Pettegrew (History) and others discuss some of the promise and perils of using computer games in the classroom. **Lunch will be provided - RSVP required*

WAC Workshop 4: Understanding Plagiarism

Wed Mar 28, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center. Lunch will be provided
or
Thu, Mar 29, 4:10-5:30. EWFM Media Center. Refreshments provided

In this workshop, we’ll discuss strategies for situating writing assignments and the process of writing within courses in ways that prevent plagiarism by mitigating the impulse to cheat. RSVP required.

Clickers in Lehigh's Classrooms

Fri Mar 30, 12-1:30 Location: Coppee 101

In Fall 2006, several large lecture classes at Lehigh tested the use of clickers. (See the Lehigh Lab Notes article for background.) Come hear Diane Hyland (Psychology) and Gary DeLeo (Physics) discuss how they used the clickers and pick up pointers on how to use these tools effectively. **Lunch will be provided - RSVP required*

WAC Workshop 5: Effective Feedback

Thu Apr 5, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center. Lunch will be provided.
or
Thu, Apr 5, 4:10-5:30. EWFM Media Center. Refreshments provided.

What kinds of feedback work best to improve student writing? Do I have to “correct” every “mistake”? How do I help students without overwhelming and discouraging them—and consuming too much of my own valuable time? If you’ve struggled with these and other questions, join us for this workshop. RSVP required

iTunesU @ Lehigh

Mon Apr 16 12-1:30 Sinclair Auditorium

Lehigh has recently become an iTunesU campus. Come learn what this means and hear some ways iTunes is being put to use in classes across campus. **Lunch will be provided - RSVP required**
-Learn more about using iTunes

 

Events for Fall 2006   

Sound Advice: The Uses of Digital Audio to Enhance Instruction

Fri Oct 6, 12-1:30 Maginnes 105

Want to hear what some Lehigh faculty are doing with digital audio in their classes? Looking for ways to enhance your classroom by taking advantage of new tools that simplify the production, distribution, and acquisition of digital audio? Curious about how you might use iPods and iTunes? Come join us for a presentation and conversation. Lunch will be provided. RSVP required

Teaching the Millennial Lehigh Student

Fri Oct 13th, 12-1:30 UC 409

In this forum, we'll discuss ways of bridging the generational gap between faculty and students by discussing the experience and perspectives of current college students--the “millennials.” Who are they? How do they learn? What are their perspectives? How can faculty modify teaching styles to more effectively engage and educate this generation of students? Lunch will be provided. RSVP required

WAC Workshop 1: "Writing to Learn: How to Use Writing to Help Students Learn Course Content"

Thu, Oct 19th, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

In this workshop, we’ll explore ways that probleevevm-based writing can enhance learning by promoting critical thinking and active engagement in course subject matter. This hands-on workshop will include both informal exploratory writing and formal assignments that call for finished prose. Lunch will be provided RSVP required.

Beauty and Utility: Building Bridges Together
Wed Oct 18th 4:10-6pm Chandler Ulmann Aud.

Come join in a conversation about a variety of physical and conceptual bridges being built at Lehigh. Tony Viscardi will discuss his work with students in his 'Dream Bridges' course; Tom Peters will discuss his Chinese Bridge project; and Julia Maserjian and Ilhan Citak will discuss 'Digital Bridges,' a 21st century web resource for the study of 19th century bridges. (Part of "Beauty and Utility: Envisioning InterDisciplinary Bridges," an All-University Fourfold Colloquium Open to Faculty, Students, & Staff, co-sponsored by Faculty Development, ArtsLehigh, Asian Studies, LUAG, LTS and the Humanities Center and Art and LTS.)  RSVP requested

Conferencing Tools

Wed Oct 25th 12-1:30 Rauch 85

Want to collaborate with distant colleagues more simply? Want to bring a speaker to campus without flying them in? Come learn about various conferencing tools available to you and see specific examples of how they are being put to use by others at Lehigh. Lunch will be provided.RSVP required

WAC Workshop 2:"Improve Student Writing Through Effective Feedback"

Thu, Nov 2nd, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

What kinds of feedback work best to improve student writing? Do I have to "correct" every "mistake"? How do I help students without overwhelming and discouraging them—and consuming too much of my own valuable time? If you’ve struggled with these and similar questions, join us for this workshop. Lunch will be provided. RSVP required.

You are Here: Scholarship & Geographical Information Systems

Thurs Nov 9 4:00 Sinclair Aud

Learn how Lehigh faculty, staff, and students are using GIS software and databases to enhance science and social science research. Environmental Initiative Computing Consultant Mike Chupa will coordinate talks about three cutting edge projects. (Co-sponsored with the LTS Friends of the Libraries) RSVP requested

Engaging Your Audience: Enhancing Physical and Vocal Effectiveness in the Classroom, Session 2
Fri Nov 10 2-4:00 Coppee 101

This session, conduced by Lehigh theater department's Pam Pepper, will focus on helping faculty learn some basic performance skills in order to strengthen our classroom presence. These interactive workshops offer a fun, low-stress, effective way to acquire some fundamental skills used by theater professionals that will be helpful for any instructor, whether of small seminars or large lectures. It's best if you sign up for both workshops, but if you can only make one, please come anyway! We're capped at 20, so please sign up asap (by Wednesday 11/8 at the latest). Click here to RSVP

Diversity in the Classroom/Teaching Diverse Classes
Tues Nov 14th, 4:00-5:30 Location Maginnes 101

This Forum will focus on the issue of diversity in the classroom. We will specifically focus on the way that all classes provide opportunities to increase awareness of diversity and multicultural issues. This includes the way we treat students, the types of examples and cases you use in class, and the way we deal in class with highly charged issues such as racism and sexism. Lunch will be provided. (Co-sponsored with Lehigh's Joint Multicultural Program) RSVP required

WAC Workshop 3:"Time-Saving Measures and Effective Assignments in the Writing-Intensive Course."

Thu Nov 16th, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

Open to everyone, this workshop may be of special interest to faculty teaching Writing Intensive courses in the spring. We’ll take up some of the central concerns that arise in the WI course, with a special focus on the importance of a purposeful and coherent sequence of well-crafted assignments. Lunch will be provided.RSVP required.

Engaging Your Audience: Enhancing Physical and Vocal Effectiveness in the Classroom, Session 2
Fri Nov 17 2-4:00 room TBD

This session, conduced by Lehigh theater department's Pam Pepper, will focus on helping faculty learn some basic performance skills in order to strengthen our classroom presence. These interactive workshops offer a fun, low-stress, effective way to acquire some fundamental skills used by theater professionals that will be helpful for any instructor, whether of small seminars or large lectures. It's best if you sign up for both workshops, but if you can only make one, please come anyway! We're capped at 20, so please sign up asap (by Wednesday 11/8 at the latest). Click here to RSVP

Digital Songs, Stories, and Histories
Fri Dec 1st 12-1:30 location TBD; optional visit to the Digital Media Studio 1:30-2:30); optional visit to the Digital Media Studio 1:30-2:30

How can we best teach students to use new media to explain, argue, and persuade? How can our courses tap the talents of digital librarians and media specialists? “Digital Songs, Stories, and Histories,” a first-year writing course wrought in the Lehigh Lab, answered these questions by bringing together a professor, a digital librarian, and a new Digital Media Studio. RSVP required

Fall 2006   

Sound Advice: The Uses of Digital Audio to Enhance Instruction

Fri Oct 6, 12-1:30 Maginnes 105

Want to hear what some Lehigh faculty are doing with digital audio in their classes? Looking for ways to enhance your classroom by taking advantage of new tools that simplify the production, distribution, and acquisition of digital audio? Curious about how you might use iPods and iTunes? Come join us for a presentation and conversation. Lunch will be provided.

Teaching the Millennial Lehigh Student

Fri Oct 13th, 12-1:30 UC 409

In this forum, we'll discuss ways of bridging the generational gap between faculty and students by discussing the experience and perspectives of current college students--the “millennials.” Who are they? How do they learn? What are their perspectives? How can faculty modify teaching styles to more effectively engage and educate this generation of students? Lunch will be provided.

WAC Workshop 1: "Writing to Learn: How to Use Writing to Help Students Learn Course Content"

Thu, Oct 19th, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

In this workshop, we’ll explore ways that probleevevm-based writing can enhance learning by promoting critical thinking and active engagement in course subject matter. This hands-on workshop will include both informal exploratory writing and formal assignments that call for finished prose. Lunch will be provided.

Beauty and Utility: Building Bridges Together
Wed Oct 18th 4:10-6pm Chandler Ulmann Aud.

Come join in a conversation about a variety of physical and conceptual bridges being built at Lehigh. Tony Viscardi will discuss his work with students in his 'Dream Bridges' course; Tom Peters will discuss his Chinese Bridge project; and Julia Maserjian and Ilhan Citak will discuss 'Digital Bridges,' a 21st century web resource for the study of 19th century bridges. (Part of "Beauty and Utility: Envisioning InterDisciplinary Bridges," an All-University Fourfold Colloquium Open to Faculty, Students, & Staff, co-sponsored by Faculty Development, ArtsLehigh, Asian Studies, LUAG, LTS and the Humanities Center and Art and LTS.) 

Conferencing Tools

Wed Oct 25th 12-1:30 Rauch 85

Want to collaborate with distant colleagues more simply? Want to bring a speaker to campus without flying them in? Come learn about various conferencing tools available to you and see specific examples of how they are being put to use by others at Lehigh. Lunch will be provided.

WAC Workshop 2:"Improve Student Writing Through Effective Feedback"

Thu, Nov 2nd, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

What kinds of feedback work best to improve student writing? Do I have to "correct" every "mistake"? How do I help students without overwhelming and discouraging them—and consuming too much of my own valuable time? If you’ve struggled with these and similar questions, join us for this workshop. Lunch will be provided.

You are Here: Scholarship & Geographical Information Systems

Thurs Nov 9 4:00 Sinclair Aud

Learn how Lehigh faculty, staff, and students are using GIS software and databases to enhance science and social science research. Environmental Initiative Computing Consultant Mike Chupa will coordinate talks about three cutting edge projects. (Co-sponsored with the LTS Friends of the Libraries)

Engaging Your Audience: Enhancing Physical and Vocal Effectiveness in the Classroom, Session 2
Fri Nov 10 2-4:00 Coppee 101

This session, conduced by Lehigh theater department's Pam Pepper, will focus on helping faculty learn some basic performance skills in order to strengthen our classroom presence. These interactive workshops offer a fun, low-stress, effective way to acquire some fundamental skills used by theater professionals that will be helpful for any instructor, whether of small seminars or large lectures. It's best if you sign up for both workshops, but if you can only make one, please come anyway! We're capped at 20, so please sign up asap (by Wednesday 11/8 at the latest).

Diversity in the Classroom/Teaching Diverse Classes
Tues Nov 14th, 4:00-5:30 Location Maginnes 101

This Forum will focus on the issue of diversity in the classroom. We will specifically focus on the way that all classes provide opportunities to increase awareness of diversity and multicultural issues. This includes the way we treat students, the types of examples and cases you use in class, and the way we deal in class with highly charged issues such as racism and sexism. Lunch will be provided. (Co-sponsored with Lehigh's Joint Multicultural Program)

WAC Workshop 3:"Time-Saving Measures and Effective Assignments in the Writing-Intensive Course."

Thu Nov 16th, 12:00-1:30. EWFM Media Center Classroom

Open to everyone, this workshop may be of special interest to faculty teaching Writing Intensive courses in the spring. We’ll take up some of the central concerns that arise in the WI course, with a special focus on the importance of a purposeful and coherent sequence of well-crafted assignments. Lunch will be provided

Engaging Your Audience: Enhancing Physical and Vocal Effectiveness in the Classroom, Session 2
Fri Nov 17 2-4:00 room TBD

This session, conduced by Lehigh theater department's Pam Pepper, will focus on helping faculty learn some basic performance skills in order to strengthen our classroom presence. These interactive workshops offer a fun, low-stress, effective way to acquire some fundamental skills used by theater professionals that will be helpful for any instructor, whether of small seminars or large lectures. It's best if you sign up for both workshops, but if you can only make one, please come anyway! We're capped at 20, so please sign up asap (by Wednesday 11/8 at the latest).

Digital Songs, Stories, and Histories
Fri Dec 1st 12-1:30 location TBD; optional visit to the Digital Media Studio 1:30-2:30); optional visit to the Digital Media Studio 1:30-2:30

How can we best teach students to use new media to explain, argue, and persuade? How can our courses tap the talents of digital librarians and media specialists? “Digital Songs, Stories, and Histories,” a first-year writing course wrought in the Lehigh Lab, answered these questions by bringing together a professor, a digital librarian, and a new Digital Media Studio.

Spring 2006

Managing Quizzes and Homework
Thu Feb 2 12-1 MAG 480

Academic Integrity: The Role of Turnitin
Thu Feb 9 12-1:30 Sinclair Aud.

What is it and Why Should I Care? ePortfolios
Wed Feb 15 12-1:30 Media Center Classroom EWFM 379

On Digital Scholarship: Technology and the Professoriate
Tue Feb 21 4-5 Sinclair Aud. 

Teaching Visual Literacy
Wed Mar 22 12-1:30  Zoellner Lower Gallery

Google Scholar and Google Books
Wed Apr 12 4:10-5:00 MAG 101

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Academic Integrity: The Role of Turnitin

Fri Dec 2, 12-1:30 Location TBA

This session will discuss academic integrity at Lehigh, with a focus on appropriate and effective uses of Turnitin, a web-based pagiarism prevention tool that detects unoriginal material in written work.  Bring a lunch; drinks will be provided, RSVP requested..

Teaching Creatively: Disciplinary Perspectives

Thurs Sept 29, 12-1:30 @ Zoellner, Lower Art Gallery.

The first in a yearlong collaboration with ArtsLehigh, this session will focus on creative approaches to teaching. Presenters: Ricardo Viera (Art), Todd Watkins (Economics) and Rick Vinci (Materials Science). Moderators: Norman Girardot, Bill Newman, Greg Reihman. Lunch provided, RSVP required.

What is it and Why Should I Care? The Apple iPod

Wed Oct 12, 12-1:30 @ Neville 3. Come see how the Apple iPod works and learn about some instructional uses of this device.  After a short presentation, we will hold an open discussion on whether and how it might be useful to you in your courses.  We hope the presentation and discussion will spark some good ideas, raise interesting questions, and help you become familiar with technologies that promise to enhance teaching and learning on our campus. Presenters: Robin Deily, Ilena Key, Jason Slipp.Lunch provided, RSVP required.

More on What the Best College Teachers Do 

Wed Oct 26, 12-1:30 @ Location UC 409

A discussion of chapters 1-3 of Ken Bain's "What the Best College Teachers Do," moderated by Greg Reihman. Lunch provided, RSVP required, open to Lehigh faculty.

Terrascope: Freshman Interdisciplinary Learning:

Fri Nov 4th, Time and Location TBA

Professor Kip Hodges (Director of the Earth System Initiative at MIT) will discuss a course he co-teaches with faculty from Civil Engineering that challenges students to solve complex, interdisciplinary problems. RSVP required.

Teaching about Creativity

Wed Nov 9, 4-5:30 @ ArtsLehigh House

The second in our yearlong collaboration with ArtsLehigh, this session will focus on some ways faculty teach to inspire creativity in their students. Presenters: Anna Chupa (Design Arts), Tony Viscardi (Architecture)  and Graham Mitchell (CBE Entrepreneurship Program) . Moderators: Norman Girardot, Bill Newman, Greg Reihman RSVP required. .

Academic Integrity: The Role of Turnitin

Fri Dec 2, 12-1:30 Location TBA

This session will discuss academic integrity at Lehigh, with a focus on appropriate and effective uses of Turnitin, a web-based pagiarism prevention tool that detects unoriginal material in written work.  Bring a lunch; drinks will be provided, RSVP required.

SPRING 2005

The Who, the How, and the Why of Blogging

Date: Tuesday, February 8th
Time: 4:00 pm
Room: Media Center Classroom, EWFM Library 379
Amardeep Singh has his own blog, Bob Rosenwein studies them, John Lennon will have students do one this semester, Matt Weintraub is an obsessive blog reader.  So, what's a blog and how can you use one? Come learn more from these and other faculty members, and discuss some of the many ways that blogs are being used by Lehigh faculty.

Laying the Groundwork for Student Research in the  Age of Google

Date: Thursday Feb 24
Time: 12 Noon
Room UC 303, lunch provided
How do students approach research projects and what can faculty do to improve students' research skills?  This session will highlight the results of the ‘Research Skills Assessment,' taken by 534 incoming Fall '04 Lehigh students.  After briefly reviewing what the Assessment reveals about student research abilities and attitudes, we will offer suggestions for designing assignments that teach research skills, discourage plagiarism, and enhance student learning.

Fostering Great Discussions and Improving Student Participation

Date: Thursday, March 17th 
Time: noon
Location: UC 403
Every class meeting has the potential for high quality discussion, but faculty are often frustrated when student participation feels sluggish or shallow.  In this workshop, we'll discuss ways to establish the conditions for productive discussions and explore techniques that initiate and sustain great participation. Please join us for an interesting discussion.  Lunch will be sponsored by Faculty Development.


Integrating Research into Undergraduate Education

Date: Monday March 21st 
Time: noon
Location: UC 303
What role can research play in undergraduate education? How can one design courses and assignments that more actively involve students in research projects?  David Anastasio and Susan Szczepanski will present highlights from a recent conference on these topics (hosted by SUNY Stony Brook's Reinvention Center) and lead a discussion among Lehigh faculty. Please join us for an interesting discussion.  Lunch will be sponsored by Faculty Development.

Exemplary Uses of Blackboard

Date: Friday, April 1st
Time: 12:00
Room: UC 303
Roughly 80% of Lehigh faculty use Blackboard but most never have a chance to peek inside others' courses to get ideas for using this tool more effectively.  Come see what other faculty are doing with Blackboard, hear what's working well…and be sure to bring along your own suggestions to share. Please join us for an interesting discussion.  Lunch will be sponsored by Faculty Development.

Using the Financial Services Lab as a Teaching Resource

Date: Wednesday April 6th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Financial Services Lab, Rauch Business Center
The new Financial Services Lab is available for Lehigh faculty to use for class activities, but how can faculty (both in CBE and beyond) take advantage of this resource?  Come meet with David Myers, Director of the FSL, to learn more about the opportunities the Financial Services Lab offers to faculty, and participate in a discussion how you might incorporate the Lab into your teaching or research.

Scientific Computing

Date: Thursday, April 21
Time:  4:10 PM   
Location: Media Center Classroom, EWFM Library 379
This session will provide a general overview of the scientific computing resources available at Lehigh (GRIDs, Beowulf Clusters and SMP systems) and what they can do for faculty.  The discussion will be led by Paul Ryan and Gale Fritsche, from LTS, Jeff Linderoth and Ted Ralphs, Asst. Professors of Industrial Engineering, and Adam Balgach, a CS Grad student.  The session will include an overview on accessing the systems, charging mechanisms, the benefits of each system and some examples of jobs that can be run.